Will of Alexander Borland

Alexander Borland named Susannah and children, including Georgia residents, and appointed Susannah, John Cabe, Andrew and Archibald Borland executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Alexander Borland (printed ALEXANDER BORLAND)

Dated

21 January 1818

Proved

August 1821 court

Family named

Susannah (wife); Andrew (son); Archibald (son); Abraham (son); Susannah (three daughters; unmarried); Jenney (three daughters; unmarried); Nancy (three daughters; unmarried); Elizabeth Moulder (my daughters); Mary Stout (my daughters); Sally Strayhorn (my daughters)

Also left something

William (living in the State of Ga.); John Borland (living in the State of Ga.)

Executors

Susannah (wife); John Cabe; Andrew Borland; Archibald Borland

Witnesses

John Scarlett; Aron (x) Hunter; Robert Taylor

Money and goods

£25 ea

Names and places are given as the abstract writes them, spelling and all. This record has not been checked against the will book.

Where to find it

• Orange County Will Book D, page 602.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 95.
• Also listed in Mark Chilton, “Wills Recorded in Orange County, NC 1756–1893” (Wandering through the NC Piedmont, 2019), an index of the will books with references to the court minutes.
• Microfilm at the Orange County Public Library, Wall Local History Collection: reel 80002, “Record of Wills, 1794–1822, Vols. C, D” (State Archives film).